But then why would the GM who's supposed to be better than ours and a head coach who's supposed to be smart and hardnosed give him a contract that size, that is not the veteran minimum??
It looks like he gets $2 million as long as he makes all the offseason stuff and makes the roster he gets one million I guess if he's cut but he can earn up to 6 million if he ends up starting a bunch of games and meeting a bunch of criteria which I doubt that happens that's still a nice contract for a player everybody knows his garbage according to everyone around in here everybody knows everything except for teams keep giving guys new money....
I mean if everybody knows all this stuff, then why do people keep giving players like this 2nd chances and in his case the 3rd chance?
it happens, especially in a QB starved league.
they are hoping the payer bounces back like Darnold, Geno smith, and to some extent Baker..
This is a pivot. My post pointed out the article's generalization of fans was incorrect.
You are correct about the NFL is quarterback starved. This thread is about Trey Lance. Here is another example of teams' attempt to satiate their quarterback needs--
especially depth at the position.
Joe Flacco spent 11 seasons in Baltimore. Then he went to Denver. Then to the Jets. The Browns basically signed him off his couch. He was with Indianapolis last season. Flacco has bounced from team-to-team due to teams' hoping to strengthen their quarterback bench.
Let's get back to your making a parallel of Jerry Jones' actions as general manager to Joe Hortiz's. Additionally, 'boosting' your opinion mentioning Jim Harbaugh also.
Hortiz and Harbaugh
collectively (
link) acquired Trey Lance to compete at the position. I doubt Lance will successfully challenge Justin Herbert (personally I do not believe he has a chance in hell), but this move by the Chargers is typical (pro and college) Harbaugh.
Mike McCarthy (and Jones) never placed Lance in any position to compete at quarterback. In any capacity. Not even pretend competition. I have always speculated it was never Jones' intention for Lance to compete against Dak Prescott. My opinion has always been Jones acquired Lance to eventually succeed Prescott
if he permanently lost Prescott at some point over the short-term.
No GM is perfect. Howie Boseman is not perfect. More power to Hortiz
taking a chance on Lance but his actions to secure Lance was planned between Harbaugh and himself. Jones went Lone Wolf and grabbed Lance, without much input from McCarthy.
I have no idea where Hortiz's career will take him. It may soar. It may go down in flames. I would take Hortiz's insight, accumulated over DECADES of real NFL experience BEFORE being named as a GM, taking over Jones' GM position YESTERDAY.
He can’t play! His next stop will be the UFL.
